Method of associating configuration settings with devices in a network and corresponding apparatus
OwnerErwan LE MERRER, Patrick Fontaineinventors
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Abstract
In an access point, data communication of network devices between the network devices and a wide area network or between the network devices is monitored. Change points are detected in the monitored data. If a change point coincides with a removal/addition of a network device, configuration settings on the gateway for a network device may be automatically changed, transferred to another network device and/or reset to a default, possibly more restrictive configuration. Network management and data protection are facilitated and improved.
Claims11
A method of associating configuration settings with network devices, said method being implemented by an access point providing network access to said network devices via a network provided by the access point, said method comprising:
- monitoring, per network device connected to said access point, data communication transiting through said access point;
- detecting an addition of a second network device to said network;
- when said addition of said second network device is coincidental with a change point detected in said monitored data communication for a first network device and said second network device has data communication that is correlative to data communication of said first network device before the detected change point, associating, with said second network device, configuration settings associated with said first network device, and associating, with the first network device, default configuration settings.
An access point device, the access point device comprising a processor, a memory, a first network interface and a second network interface, configured to:
- monitor, per network device connected to said access point device, data communication transiting through said access point;
- detect an addition of a second network device to said network;
- when said addition of the second network device is coincidental with a change point detected in said monitored data communication for a first network device and said second network device has data communication that is correlative to data communication of said first network device before the detected change point:
- associate, with said second network device, configuration settings associated with said first network device;
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- associate, with the first network device, default configuration settings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.